A Derry family said a routine trip to the mall led to a random act of kindness. WMUR's Shelley Walcott reports.

A Derry family said a routine trip to the mall led to a random act of kindness. WMUR's Shelley Walcott reports.

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Updated: 11:10 PM EDT Jul 21, 2015

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WEBVTT SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THEM. NOW, THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO EXACTLY THOSE BOYS WERE, TARA COLLINS SAYS A ROUTINE TRIP TARA COLLINS SAYS A ROUTINE TRIP TO THE MALL. LED TO A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS. AND SHE HAS A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE. I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST AND FOREMOST THANK THEM SO MUCH FOR WHAT THEY DID DO. ON FRIDAY, JULY 10, TARA WAS HAVING DINNER IN THE MALL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD COURT WITH HER CHILDREN, 3-YEAR-OLD ISABELLE, AND JACKSON, WHO'S A YEAR AND A HALF. RIGHT BEFORE WE WERE DONE WITH DINNER, THREE BOYS APPROACHED US AND THEY WERE PROBABLY ABOUT 12-YEARS-OLD. AND THEY JUST SET A BOX DOWN ON THE TABLE, A BUILD A BEAR BOX, AND THEY PULLED OUT THE BEAR AND THEY SAID, 'DO YOU THINK THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS?' AND THEY POINTED TO JACKSON. THE BOYS HANDED THE BRAND NEW TEDDY BEAR TO LITTLE JACKSON. THEN, TARA SAYS, THEY NOTICED ISABELLE, AND PULLED OUT A SECOND BEAR. AND ONE OF THE BOYS LEANED DOWN AND ASKED IF SHE'D LIKE IT. AND SHE TOOK IT. THEN AS QUICKLY AS THEY ARRIVED, THE BOYS TURNED TO LEAVE. THEY JUST WENT TO WALK AWAY AND I STOPPED THEM AND SAID, ARE YOU REALLY JUST GIVING THESE BEARS TO US FOR FREE AND THE BOYS SMILE AND SAID WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE PEOPLE SMILE TONIGHT. TARA SAYS HER DAUGHTER HAS NOT PUT HER BEAR DOWN IN 10 DAYS AND HER SON JACKSON WILL BE TAKING HIS BEAR TO THE HOSPITAL WITH HIM, WHEN HE GOES IN FOR MAJOR SURGERY IN SEPTEMBER. AND WHILE SHE ADMITTED TO BEING SKEPTICAL AT FIRST -- I WILL NOT LIE. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I THOUGHT WAS, ARE THESE STOLEN? THEN I REALIZED YOU CAN'T STEAL A BUILD A BEAR, YOU HAVE TO BUILD IT. AND NOW SHE SAYS MORE THAN ANYTHING, SHE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO THANK THOSE THREE PRE-TEEN BOYS WHO BROUGHT SO MUCH HAPPINESS TO HER CHILDREN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR REASON BEHIND IT, IF ANY WAS,

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A Derry family said a routine trip to the mall led to a random act of kindness. WMUR's Shelley Walcott reports.